Manifolding register



J. Q. SHERMAN Er AL MANIFOLDING REGISTER mea oct. sdn l1922 y ATTaR/vfy Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

Jorm' d. SHERMAN AND ALBERT w. METZNER, or DAYTON, oHIo; SAID mETzNEn Assrenon To earnA SHERMAN.

MANIFOLDING REGISTER.

Application led October 30, 1922. Serial No. 597,723.

Our invention relates to manifolding maf chines and more particularly to autographic registers, same being one type of manifolder on which the notations are made by hand Writing.

Itis the object of our invention-to provide a simple and effective meansfor providing a total summary record strip in machines of the' general character shown and described in the U. S. Patent to T.. F. Schirmer No. 940,481.

A total summary requires only the registration of those items on a shipping bill or merchandisel strip which give the totals or certain specific parts of the transactions set down on the bill or strip. Thus only a relatively small amount of space on the summary record strip needs to be moved across the writing support of manifolding machines as compared to the amount necessary to make up a complete form to be issued.

It is the object of our invention to provide for the mounting, tensioning and rewinding of a summary strip in a simple manner, so as to give a tight Well formed roll and it is also our object to so construct this device that it is well adapted to production' on different sizes of machines without altering the mechanism in any essential respect.

These objects and other advantages to be noted we accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

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Figure 1'is a detail side elevation of the essential features of our invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view detail of the tension finger and mounting. y

Figurev 3 is a front and edgewise-view of the ratchet pawl.

It will be noted that no attempt has been made to show a complete autographic register, and reference is made to the Schirmer patent, above identified for this purpose.

We have indicated the side frame pieces 1, the writing table vor tablet 2. which as in the usual machines of the Schirmer type, is supported on the side frame pieces, and the hinged lid or top 3. ln the top is the tension roller 4. housed in a housing 5, and spring-pressed downwardly by springs 6 The edge 8A of the top forms a tear-oft' blade.

` The paper feed for the forms to be issued is formed of shaft 7 on which are pin wheels 8, said shaft being rotated counterclockwise to effect the feed.

The issued form strips are Amounted in rolls 10 set on shafts 11 in the machine. The manner of mounting these shafts 11 is nonessential. The form strips are brought up over idler rolls 12, and thence over the Writing table where the strips which are marginally punched are set over the pins 13 of the feed device. Carbon paper is interleaved between the form strips and the lower form and the summary strip.

. Qn the :feed shaft, exterior of the machine frame is a handle 14, which is controlled for individual complete rotations by vany desired form of releasable stop 15.

lAll of the above features are commonin autographic registers of the type noted, and

in their details form no part of this inven-" tion, as any form of feeding device for issuing and marking onform strips would serve I the purpose. The total summary strip 16 is mounted in theform of a roll 17 on the shaft or spindle 18, Which is rotatably supported in any desired manner in the machine frame.

. Formed in the base 19 of the machine frame is a slot 20; a tension finger 21 is provided having a base plate 22, which rests on the base 19. Two tongues 23 and 24 depend from the base through the slot to guide the base 22.

One of the tongues, i. e. the tongue 23, is formed as a hook to which is attached a spring 25, which spring is attached also to a hook 26 beneath the base of the machine.

It will be noted of the machine base 19 lthat it is formed of a sheet metal piece curled down at the edges 27 to form an elevated base, beneath which the hook 26 will have clearance.

The construction above described is so placed that the finger 21 bears against the roll 17, in such a Way as keeps the roll firmly against accidental unwinding, or looseness of the strip 16.

The strip 16 is passed up over an idler 28, and thence is drawn along the writing table for a short space suiiicient to cover the summary space of lines on which the totals and data are inscribed on the issued strips. It then passesv down through a slot 29 formed with a sloping rear wall 30, to the underside of the writing table again.

A spindle 30* is'mounted in the' frame of the machine forwardly and beneath the feedshaft, this spindle serving to.mount aroll ithe-art. j

core'. 31, on which isa securing bar 32;'the

core and 'bar are ,familiar constructionsln 0n they core 'is va ratchet orA gear 33, which i' lies preferably close to the one side wall. of

37 on the pawl iis so arranged as to straddlev themachine. A pawl 34, pivoted at I35 on the side frame and spring pulled at 36,

serves to' prevent back` motion of the core, f l and this pawl also serves to hold theratchet on the core in proper position; thus a linger the ratchet on the inner sidev thereof, dnd hold it in position against thejside wall of the machine. l On the side wall of the machine is asupport bracket piece 38 for the operatin pawl 'of the rewind core 31. This iece is ormed with a tapering elevated portion 24A betweenl whichv and the side frame, slides the operatin .pawl 39.

e pawl is formed with a tooth 40 for engaging the ratchet 33, and lies under the bracket or housing under the influence of a sprin 41. This spring is secured to the tip 42 cfg the bracket which is like thev tip 24, but is concealed b the spring in Figure 1 and to the notche pin or projection 43, at

the .tooth end of the pawl, so as to .hold theA pawl upwardly withbits tooth acting as a stop against the bracket or housing, in a ,substantially vertical 'tion On the feed shaftis mounted a disk or cam 44, having a nose 45, ,which will engage and actuate thepawl. The .bracket or hous- 'in is arranged that as the feed shaft re- .as described by end of the Writingtable and down to the lrewind core to which it is attached by vineans of the securing bar.' The form strips to be Y issued areplaced with the apertues there- 'vo ves the awl is depressed bA the-nose on vthe cam, w ich passes the paw duringeaoh complete rotation of the feed shaft.

-s the'pawl-is positioned to contact with the ratchet it willv engage. it and its mounting will permit it to rpck over 'as it advances the Yratchetf In operation the machine is first loaded fb the summary strip up over lits in 'over' the pins ,of "the in wheels and carbon paper is interleave between the forms and the lower form and the summary. lThe operator after making they desired 'entry and thereofon the topmost form' strip, releases the feed`handle,and revolyesit once,

result' in feeding out oneset sfr-forms. e feed it will also result in the cam nose-V striking .down the pawl, solthat the pawl revolves the rewind'core,

the-pawl being released before the operation complete, andA the-handle hascome up:

the: stop -again.l

Sincethestorageroll of the fis vlines 39" (Fi re 3), tp serve as a guide. 5

'desired amount of summa the fm -rotary feed shaft therein, a. rotary rewind by contact. actuate the rewind roll.

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' 'Lessen tight, a feed of theproper length of-a taut strip-'will result, sofaras the summary is concerned, which feed 'depends upon the length Slfl gie pawl and the positinf of `the feeda .i g :u

head 39, which is pre `can be. madeupin a single size, withfa lo.

erably scored w1 Then depen ent`upon which size-machine is to be made up, the pawl can be cut down along the indication lines so edto give the The bracket position of e bracket, shape of the Shank-nd tooth of the pawi'cmm main constant, which simplifies the manufacturing operations in setting up machines from stock parts. Also'a new pawl canbe provided fora user if he desires a dierent length of summary in a machine already constructed, and in operation. j

We contemplate also the use' of special cam disks on the feed shaft to provide more than one cam no, suchas is indicated 1n r agalnst the 'of the roll.

thus described our invention what I 1| weclaim as` new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A. device for operat the rewind roll of a summary strip A1n mani lding comprising inlcombin'ation a frame with a Y roll, a toothed member thereon, a pawl slid-v V.able Vas t'o the frame, and in the path of the thefeed shaft toothed membelland melans lon w 4w ereb the vwl wot-hed mmberpivm for operating 2. a device for opera' the rewind m11.- o fasummarystripmmil com risin'g 1nA 'combination wi a f shaft, a spring-actuated pawl mounted 1n the maehinel independent of the feed shaft, an abutment Aonthe` feed shaft to engage said'pawl .and slide it lengthwise, a

rewind rol1 ,and aratchet' on the 'rewind roll lll thiltb 0f th 'actua therob ypawl'and adapted to be l VVamm'winaen pm'ma'nio1 machines, 1n Ycombination wi zum' shaft, a spring-actuated pawl. I

i 3. Adevice oro ofa feed . y v70 forming the paw1s',!w'e find that they the-curved end ofthe in the machine independent of the freed shaft, mounted, said housing adapted to permit the an abutment on the feed shaft to engage said pawl to rock as well as to slide, and a spring pawl and slide it lengthwise, a rewind roll, connected to the housing and the pawl so as 10 and a ratchet on the rewind roll in the path to hold the pawl normally in line to engage 5 of the pawl and adapted to be actuated therethe ratchet.

by, the mounting means of the pawl compris JOHN Q. SHERMAN. ing a housing within which the pawl is ALBERT W. METZNER. 

